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Veterans Beekeeping Event
Dec 3, 2023
The Veterans' Beekeeping School (VBS) is a beginner-friendly program scheduled for March 2024, offering in-person classes covering the fundamentals of beekeeping.
Obituary: Jeff Menhart
Sep 20, 2023
Jeff Menhart passed away on August 23 2023 at his home in Portland, Oregon which ended a 10-year struggle from a Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM).
Obituary: Donna Fae (Thompson) Harris
Sep 19, 2023
Donna Fae (Thompson) Harris, age 87 of Sparta, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 16, 2023, in her home surrounded by her loving family.
Obituary: James E. Corba
Sep 13, 2023
James E. Corba, 80, of Bellville, passed away on September 9, 2023, from an extended illness while being surrounded by his loving family.
Ohio ranks third on list of best states to be a college football fan
Dec 29, 2022
Ohio college football fans have a lot to celebrate, according to recent data.
Highland grad leads OSU marching band vs. Michigan
Nov 23, 2022
Morrow County native and 2017 Highland High School graduate Eric Vermillion (front-left) is marching his final season in The Ohio State University Marching Band drumline
Statewide sheep production tour
Oct 15, 2022
Join the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association and Hardin County OSU Extension for a statewide sheep production tour focusing on Dry Lot/ Confinement sheep operations.
At-home screening program aims to reduce colorectal cancer rates in Black community
Mar 21, 2022
Colorectal cancer experts have launched a new initiative aimed at improving early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer in the Black community, which has historically been placed at increased risk for colorectal cancer due to a lack of timely colorectal cancer screening and barriers to receiving health care services.
Study: Older female cancer survivors struggle with lower extremities
Mar 21, 2022
Researchers urge medical community to include regular lymphedema assessments in survivorship care
Ohio State study: Blacks more likely than whites to have family heart disease
Feb 7, 2022
Black people with a heart muscle disease, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) of unknown cause, are more likely than white patients to have family members at risk for developing the disease, a new Ohio State University study found.
Targeted 2-drug therapy effective to treat advanced cervical cancer
Jan 18, 2022
The combination of two novel immune therapy agents could be an effective new treatment option for women facing recurrent or advanced cervical cancer, according to the results of a multicenter phase II clinical trial led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).
OSU research suggests booster shots protect against omicron variant for cancer patients
Jan 11, 2022
COVID booster shots likely provide increased, broad protection against new Omicron variant in human patients with cancer
COTC/Ohio State Newark appoint first chief diversity officer/DEI director
Jan 11, 2022
Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) and The Ohio State University at Newark have named Brianna Davis Johnson, PhD, as the institutions' first chief diversity officer/diversity, equity and inclusion director.
Knox County Master Gardener Volunteers awarded for community service
Jan 7, 2022
The Knox County Master Gardener Volunteers received the 2021 Ohio State Master Gardener Outstanding Community Service Award during the Ohio State Master Gardener annual awards program. To be eligible for the award the project needs to help support the community and lead to a raised awareness of the Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener Program.
Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center first in U.S. to offer new Siemens MRI machine
Dec 20, 2021
Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center is the first in the U.S. to install new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) developed by Siemens in collaboration with the OSU medical school researchers, a news release said.
Survey finds most Americans will still use COVID precautions this holiday season
Nov 23, 2021
Half will ask about guests’ vaccination status and nearly three-fourths plan to celebrate only with household members
Chronic stress may impact treatment completion, survival outcomes in patients with breast cancer
Nov 2, 2021
A new study suggests the impact of racism, social isolation and poverty are better predictors than genetics of whether a patient will complete cancer treatment and survive the illness.
'Hookah tobacco smoking is most prevalent among young adults': Tailored mobile messaging helped some to quit
Aug 30, 2021
Tailored mobile messaging contributed to the fight to end smoking waterpipe tobacco by young adults by helping 49% of its 349 participants stop using the product.
Western wildfires spread smoke across Ohio, other eastern states
Aug 24, 2021
If you've noticed the near-apocalyptic looking sunrises or sunsets in the last few weeks, it's not your eyes playing tricks on you.
Legislation seeks to raise awareness of the risk of radon in Ohio
Aug 2, 2021
An estimated 10% of all lung cancer cases are not caused by smoking but by radon, a naturally occurring gas, Ohio State University oncologist Dr. David Carbone told the Mount Vernon News.